Platform not compatible message on Win XP SP2 while using Upgrade Assistant for Windows 8

Try this link for the download..

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24

My machine is 32-bit, 3GHz processor, 2 GIG RAM, 256 MB hard drive, NVidia graphics card.

Evidently can not up upgrade this to 8 as this machine is only 32-bit.

Refining the recommended system requirements for Windows 8

<<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/recommended-system-requirements-for-windows-8/>>

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Please provide me with a valid link for SP3 for a single machine. Thank you.

I/quote/  tricky300

--a regular contributor here:

Hi,

Windows Updates no longer works until

you have service pack 3 installed. To overcome this problem you need

to get to SP3 manually.

Verify your current service pack

level...

•Hold down the Windows key (between

Ctrl and Alt) and hit the Pause Brəak

key

•Examine what is listed in the

System: section regarding your service pack level

•Also, make a note of your processor

type in the Computer: section (see later)

If there is no service pack level

designated, first you must download SP2 from...

<<http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=28>>

...and then run the downloaded program

to install SP2. You can ignore the text that says that it is for

network installations and also ignore the text advising

Windows/Microsoft Update if only updating one PC.

As an alternative to SP2 you could

download SP1A (xpsp1a_en_x86.exe) from…

<<http://slug.ceca.utc.edu/ftp/pub/windows/patches/winxp/>>

…which a fellow contributor Daavee

found. It is half the size of SP2 so should be quicker. However, as

you can see, it is not a Microsoft web site.

Once you have done that, or if you were

alrəady at service pack 1,

1A or 2, you can install SP3, but before you do, rəad

this article…

<<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717>>

…and if your PC is an HP Pavilion,

Presario or Media Center and has an AMD processor (see above) you

need to install this patch before installing SP3…

<<http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=uk&lc=en&dlc=en&softwareitem=pv-60484-2>>

Install SP3 by downloading and running

from...

<<http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=24>>

…again, you can ignore the text that

says that it is for network installations and also ignore the text

advising Windows/Microsoft Update if only updating one PC.

Then try and get up to date with

Windows Updates.

Tricky

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Thanks for the useful info. My PC is a dual core, but it was purchased in 2005.

The graphics card is NVidia GEForce 7800.

Thank you,

Karl

Thanks for the link. That link is ONLY for NETWORKED MACHINES. When I go to the page they recommend, it gives me this:

"To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.

To upgrade to the latest version of the browser, go to the Internet Explorer Downloads website.

If you prefer to use a different web browser, you can obtain updates from the Microsoft Download Center or you can stay up to date with the latest critical and security updates by using Automatic Updates. To turn on Automatic Updates:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Depending on which Control Panel view you use, Classic or Category, do one of the following:
   • Click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab.
   • Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab.
3. Click the option that you want. Make sure Automatic Updates is not turned off."

Under SYSTEM, my Automatic Updates is already set to YES

As per Performance and Maintenance above....that is NOT LISTED anywhere under the Control Panel

When I go back to to the Windows download center, I end up RIGHT BACK at the link for NETWORKED MACHINES. This link is not helping me. I need to install a program, it it requires SP3.

I need a VALID VERSION for a SINGLE COMPUTER

People like myself have got thousands of dollars invested in equipment and programs. We can't afford to upgrade all of it, just to upgrade the operating system to Windows 8, which may render other programs or hardware that we need completely unusable.

Please provide me with a valid link for SP3 for a single machine. Thank you.